Professor Martin Seeleib-Kaiser gave an introduction to what comparative analysis is.  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 2)

The Workshop in Comparative Methods took place at the Oxford Institute of Social Policy on 12-14 January 2012; it provided an overview of and introduction into various comparative methods. The workshop presentations were based on the research project 'Integrating macro and micro perspectives in cross-national comparison: Dynamic policy structures and individual outcomes', which is funded as one of the four projects within the ESRC Methods for Comparative Cross-National Research Initiative.